Wolff describes Hamilton’s win as ‘a little fairytale’

Reflecting on Hamilton and Mercedes’s journey since 2022, and the arrival of ground effect regulations, Wolff said: “I think that it was so difficult over the last two years that we couldn’t really find performance, we couldn’t give the drivers a car that enabled them to go for the victories.

“To make him win again, at the British Grand Prix, in his last race for Mercedes here, it’s almost like a little fairytale. You couldn’t have scripted it better.”

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Wolff continued: “It’s clear our relationship goes back a long time. Each of us has suffered at various stages. He’s been there for me, and most recently I’ve tried to do my contribution to his doubting, at times.

“That’s why it feels really good that he’s been able to put all the negative thoughts, all the negativity, aside, and come up with this performance. I think it’s a weight off his shoulders.”